So, now the "radical cleric" represents now Iraq and Saudi Arabia, just recognises him as a valid representant of the country. Saudi Arabia is an ally of USA in the counterterrorism war. And this happens just after the "Kingdom's Gran Mufti" preached this sermon in Mecca.

Y si leemos la noticia dice:

"I am pessimistic (about the future of Iraq). Fanaticism and branding others as apostates dominate now," said Sadr, who was in Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj for the first time in his life.

Sadr travelled overland from Iraq and was told by Saudi officials upon arrival that he was a guest of the king, according to the head of the Iraqi hajj delegation, Sheikh Khaled al-Atiyah.

Sadr, who only speaks Arabic, has rarely travelled abroad. His only known trip outside Iraq was to neighbouring Iran to take part in a June 2003 commemoration of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.